Julie Hermann, the Rutgers director of intercollegiate athletics, answers a question at a press conference on May 15 in Piscataway. Hermann says she is ready to prove herself in her new position.

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Keith Sargeant
| Staff Writer

As revelations of her past threatened to undermine her credibility shortly after she was appointed as Rutgers director of intercollegiate athletics last month, Julie Hermann admitted Monday she felt like was fighting for her job before her tenure began.

And now that she's been in the AD chair for a week, Hermann says she continues to approach her position the same way.

"I'm hardwired to think I'm fighting for my job every day anyway," Hermann said from her AD office inside the Rutgers Athletic Center during a 30-minute Q&A session with the MyCentralJersey.com. "There's not one day I've ...